Mental Health of Children in Divorce

Improving The Mental Health of Children in Divorce

Improving The Mental Health of Children in Divorce By Alison Spirito and Joseph P. Spirito, Jr. High-conflict behavior during divorce may have a more significant effect on children than divorce itself.[1] Children who witness their parents’ high-conflict divorces suffer from preventable mental and emotional health problems at significantly higher rates than children from intact families or even divorced families where the parents exhibit low or no conflict.[2] While litigation often normalizes high conflict, Collaborative Law and mediation consistently succeed in severing it from the divorce process by promoting consensual dispute resolution and drawing on the unique skills of child specialists […]

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Trial Techniques for Collaborative Divorce

Sorrell Trope Family Law Trial Institute

Presented by: Los Angeles County Bar Association Distinguished Judges and Attorneys Title: “Trial Techniques” When & Where: March 11, 2017 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City Description: The Panel of Judges & Attorneys Presented on Trial Techniques for family law cases. Good + not-so-good demonstrations on how to present your clients case at trial.

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Family Law Symposium

LA County Bar Family Law Symposium

Presented by: Judge Hank Goldberg, David Kuroda, Dvorah Markman, Bruce Cooperman, Fern Salka When & Where: May 6, 2017 at the Universal Hilton Hotel Description: “The Art of Persuading your Client” – A Litigator, Mediator, Collaborative Professional, Judge

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Collaborative Divorce

CPCal PCI (Pre Conference Institute)

Presented by: Jim Hallet with 5 others including Woody Mosten Title: Marketing Collaborative Divorce When: April 28, 2017 Description: Annual CPCal Conference included a Friday Pre-Conference Institute on Collaborative Marketing.

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